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Polyvision plus color for the final scene of Napoléon did manage to impress the audience.
REFERENCES :
Don´t miss this one: L´Hypergonar (precedent of Cinemascope)
https://www.cinematheque.fr/henri/film/131657-l-hypergonar-henri-chretien-1938-1949/
For more on technical details : Hollywood launches 3-D film production, by Joseph Biroc.
American Cinematographer, August 1952, pages 336-337 and 350-352
https://theasc.com/articles/hollywood-launches-3-d-bwana-devil
For more on classic 3D : https://3dfilmarchive.com/
For more on NaturalVision cameras and the making of Bwana Devil : Stereo World Vol. 29, is-
sue 2, pages 10-16. https://stereoworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SW_V29_2.pdf
For more on Abel Gance´s Napoléon (1927) :
https://hollywoodandallthat.com/2013/11/25/napoleon-redux-the-emperor-of-films-returns/

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